Catalina State Park
Section Hiking the Wabash Trace Trail | Shenandoah to IA-2 | February 2022 This month, we returned to the Wabash Trace Trail for another section from Shenandoah to Iowa highway 2. We parked again at Sportsman Park, and began our hike with a little road walk to reach the continuation of the trail in Waubonsie…
Spending a Weekend in Rio Grande Del Norte National Monument | October 2024 During our time in Colorado, we decided to take a brief intermission and dip into New Mexico. This idea came about when we were looking for places to camp over Indigenous People’s Day weekend. We wanted somewhere warmer, with more desert-like scenery,…
Viking Lake State Park | Stanton and Red Oak, Iowa | November 2020 Our new home is not exactly what most would consider mountainous, which is unfortunate. But what it lacks in elevation in makes up for in water sports. Rivers, streams, lakes; there are so many things to do on the water. But as…
Visiting Fort Loudon State Historic Park | Vonore, TN | January 2023 At this point during our stay in Tellico Plains, we had gone South, South West, and East, and so we decided that it was well time to go North. I laid out a plan to visit a couple historic spots, and then to…
Hiking to the Kaena Point Pillboxes | Veteran’s Day 2018 One of our favorite things to do on the island is to return to a hike that we enjoyed and turn it into a new hike. To see the area from a different point of view, to find a ‘secret’ spot off a busy path…
Saturday, December 6, 2014 Hiking in the Tortolita Mountain range We planned to do this hike the week before leaving for Supai – we needed something else to look forward to once that adventure was over! Even though we were planning on hiking 12+ miles, we still let ourselves sleep in and took our time…
Section Hiking the Wabash Trace Trail | Shenandoah to IA-2 | February 2022 This month, we returned to the Wabash Trace Trail for another section from Shenandoah to Iowa highway 2. We parked again at Sportsman Park, and began our hike with a little road walk to reach the continuation of the trail in Waubonsie…
Spending a Weekend in Rio Grande Del Norte National Monument | October 2024 During our time in Colorado, we decided to take a brief intermission and dip into New Mexico. This idea came about when we were looking for places to camp over Indigenous People’s Day weekend. We wanted somewhere warmer, with more desert-like scenery,…
Viking Lake State Park | Stanton and Red Oak, Iowa | November 2020 Our new home is not exactly what most would consider mountainous, which is unfortunate. But what it lacks in elevation in makes up for in water sports. Rivers, streams, lakes; there are so many things to do on the water. But as…
Visiting Fort Loudon State Historic Park | Vonore, TN | January 2023 At this point during our stay in Tellico Plains, we had gone South, South West, and East, and so we decided that it was well time to go North. I laid out a plan to visit a couple historic spots, and then to…
Hiking to the Kaena Point Pillboxes | Veteran’s Day 2018 One of our favorite things to do on the island is to return to a hike that we enjoyed and turn it into a new hike. To see the area from a different point of view, to find a ‘secret’ spot off a busy path…
Saturday, December 6, 2014 Hiking in the Tortolita Mountain range We planned to do this hike the week before leaving for Supai – we needed something else to look forward to once that adventure was over! Even though we were planning on hiking 12+ miles, we still let ourselves sleep in and took our time…
Section Hiking the Wabash Trace Trail | Shenandoah to IA-2 | February 2022 This month, we returned to the Wabash Trace Trail for another section from Shenandoah to Iowa highway 2. We parked again at Sportsman Park, and began our hike with a little road walk to reach the continuation of the trail in Waubonsie…
Spending a Weekend in Rio Grande Del Norte National Monument | October 2024 During our time in Colorado, we decided to take a brief intermission and dip into New Mexico. This idea came about when we were looking for places to camp over Indigenous People’s Day weekend. We wanted somewhere warmer, with more desert-like scenery,…